Happiness in Magazines

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
CokeMachineGlow	64% ^[2]
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10) ^[3]
PopMatters	(7/10) ^[4]
Q	^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes	^[7]
Uncut	^[8]

Happiness in Magazines is the fifth solo album by Graham Coxon. It was produced by Stephen Street who also produced Blur's second, third, fourth and fifth albums and is Coxon's most commercially successful album to date. Happiness in Magazines reached 19 in the UK Albums chart and was certified Silver.

Track listing

All songs written by Graham Coxon.

"Spectacular" – 2:48
"No Good Time" – 3:21
"Girl Done Gone" – 3:57
"Bittersweet Bundle of Misery" – 4:53
"All Over Me" – 4:16
"Freakin' Out" – 3:42
"People of the Earth" – 3:04
"Hopeless Friend" – 3:22
"Are You Ready?" – 4:42
"Bottom Bunk" – 3:16
"Don't Be a Stranger" – 3:29
"Ribbons and Leaves" – 4:11

Bonus tracks

"Life It Sucks" (Japan)
"Right to Pop!" (United States)

Personnel

Graham Coxon - everything except:
Louis Vause - organ and piano on tracks 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10
Angie Pollock - backing vocals on tracks 4 and 11; marimba on track 11
The Duke Street Quartet - strings on tracks 5, 8 and 9
John Metcalf - string arrangement on tracks 5, 8 and 9; horn arrangement on track 12
Marcus Bates - French horn on track 12
Pip Eastop - French horn on track 12
Phillip Woods - French horn on track 12
Stephen Street - producer
Cenzo Townshend - engineer
Alex Hutchinson - sleeve design

Singles

Four singles have been released from Happiness in Magazines.

"Freakin' Out", released 8 March 2004 - charted at #37
"Bittersweet Bundle of Misery", released 3 May 2004 - charted at #22
"Spectacular", released 26 July 2004 - charted at #32
"Freakin' Out" / "All Over Me", released 25 October 2004 - charted at #19

Release details

The album has been released in various countries.

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Australia	7 May 2004	Capitol	CD	5777472
United Kingdom	17 May 2004	Transcopic, Parlophone	LP	5775191
			CD	5775192
Japan	26 May 2004	Toshiba-EMI	CD	TOCP 66292
US	25 January 2005	Astralwerks	CD	ASW 60387

References

Graham Coxon

Studio albums	The Sky Is Too High The Golden D Crow Sit on Blood Tree The Kiss of Morning Happiness in Magazines Love Travels at Illegal Speeds The Spinning Top A+E

Lives and DVDs	Live at the Zodiac Burnt to Bitz: At the Astoria

Singles	"Thank God for the Rain / You Will Never Be" "Escape Song / Mountain of Regret" "Freakin' Out" "Bittersweet Bundle of Misery" "Spectacular" "Freakin' Out / All Over Me" "Standing on My Own Again" "You & I" "I Can't Look at Your Skin / What's He Got?" "What Ya Gonna Do Now? / Bloody Annoying" "This Old Town" (with Paul Weller) "Sorrow's Army" "What'll It Take" "Ooh, Yeh Yeh / Seven Naked Valleys"

See also	Discography Stephen Street Blur

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